GB2477660A - Garment for cooling mammalian bodies - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K13/00—Devices for grooming or caring of animals, e.g. curry-combs; Fetlock rings; Tail-holders; Devices for preventing crib-biting; Washing devices; Protection against weather conditions or insects
- A01K13/006—Protective coverings
- A01K13/007—Leg, hoof or foot protectors
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K13/00—Devices for grooming or caring of animals, e.g. curry-combs; Fetlock rings; Tail-holders; Devices for preventing crib-biting; Washing devices; Protection against weather conditions or insects
- A01K13/006—Protective coverings
- A01K13/008—Horse blankets
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
- A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
- A41D13/002—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with controlled internal environment
- A41D13/005—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with controlled internal environment with controlled temperature
- A41D13/0053—Cooled garments
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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- A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
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- A61D—VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS
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Abstract
A garment provides rapid and sustained cooling of a mammalian body. The garment is formed of an artificial fibre formed with channels on the fibre surface adapted to provide enhanced wicking of fluids. The garment is impregnated with an evaporative liquid comprising water and alcohol, wherein the mixture comprises about 20% ethanol. The garment may be a horse blanket 1 or a shirt, vest or body suit worn by a human (see figure 3). The garment may be provided in a sealed pouch fully impregnated with the evaporative liquid, or it be provided as a kit comprising the garment proper in unimpregnated state together with a supply of evaporative liquid for impregnating the garment.
Description
COOLING AND PROTECTING MAMMALIAN BODIES
This disclosure relates to cooling and protecting mammalian bodies.
As will become apparent from the description of preferred embodiments hereinbelow, the teachings of this disclosure were developed primarily for application to equine use, but are equally applicable to human use, or to use for any other mammal that requires cooling.
This Application is divided from Patent Application No: 0708817.2, published as GB2438067, to which reference should also be made, and which describes a flexible multi-layer product for support, protection and cooling of a limb or joint; the product having an inner side and an outer side and being adapted to be fastened around the limb or joint concerned, with its inner side in contact therewith, by means of adjustable releasable fastenings; the product comprising an inner synthetic fibre fabric layer on its inner side conforming to the limb or joint and impregnated with an evaporative liquid comprising water and alcohol, and a flexible protective layer outside the inner layer, allowing circulation of air and vapour within the layer and between layers, and serving, at least in part, to cushion the inner layer and the limb or joint from impact.
In particular embodiments, the product of Patent Application No: 0708817.2 may be configured for use as an equine exercise boot, as an equine travel boot, as a human knee support or as a human wrist support. Other possible arrangements include supports for a human shin, thigh, upper arm, lower arm, elbow or ankle.
The products of Patent Application No: 0708817.2 rely for their enhanced cooling effect upon the fact that evaporation causes cooling, an effect that, to the best of Applicant's knowledge, while long known, had never previously been proposed to be employed in flexible products for support and protection of a limb or joint or in garments for rapid and sustained cooling of a mammal.
The present Inventor has found that in horses, it is primarily the unrestricted build-up of heat, produced during exercise or through injury or inflammation, that results in pain, swelling and long-term and possible permanent damage. The embodiments of garment described below all rely upon the fact that evaporation causes cooling.
Applicant's teachings are as equally applicable to the human condition as they are to equine applications.
In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure of this Divisional Application, there is provided a garment for wear by a mammal and adapted to provide rapid and sustained cooling, the garment being formed of an artificial fibre formed with channels on the surface of individual fibres and adapted to provide enhanced wicking of fluids, the garment being impregnated with an evaporative liquid comprising water and alcohol.
In a first embodiment, the garment comprises a T-shirt, poio shirt, vest, long or short sleeved shirt, a suit providing body cover, all to be worn by a human, or a wrap to be worn by a human. In an alternative embodiment, the garment comprises a horse-blanket or an equine neck wrap.
In a second and alternative aspect of the present disclosure of this Divisional Application, a kit of parts is provided for a garment as defined above, the kit comprising the garment proper, but unimpregnated, and a supply of evaporative liquid for application to the garment before use, the supply being selected from the group comprising a pouch of liquid, a spray can of liquid and a bottle of liquid.
A number of embodiments are described hereinbelow, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-Fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a horse blanket worn by a horse; Fig. 2 is a much enlarged schematic view illustrating a multi-channel fibre; and Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a T-shirt.
Example: Evaporative Liquid The most preferred cooling liquid is a mixture of rapidly evaporating alcohols and water designed to draw heat away from the mammalian body when impregnated into a garment. Cooling occurs as a result of the latent heat required to evaporate the liquid.
A preferred formulation is described below, percentages being by weight: Purified Water 78% Denatured Ethanol 20% Glycerine 0.5% Menthol 0.2% Oleyl alcohol 0.2% the remainder being made up of minor amounts of preservatives, emulsifiers and colorant.
To make 400kg of mixture, 10kg of ethanol is first dispensed into a steel bucket and the menthol added and mixed until dissolved. This is repeated in a second bucket for the oleyl alcohol using a further 10kg of ethanol. The remaining 60kg of ethanol is dispersed in 300kg of water in a mixing vessel and the glycerine added and mixed with an air mixer at high speed for ten minutes. The preservatives, emulsifiers and the colorant individually dispersed in minor amounts of the remaining water are then added. Finally, the first two ethanol solutions and any remaining water are added to the mixing vessel and the whole mixed for a further fifteen minutes.
The resultant mixture is stable and may be sealed in pouches, or filled into spray cans or bottles.
Example: Horse Blanket Fig. 1 illustrates a horse blanket 1 constructed according to the teachings of the present disclosure. It is in effect a garment for a horse. It is shaped to cover the horse down to the level of the knees and hocks and up to the top of the neck and is fastened around the underneath of the neck by two tapes 2 with Velcro® hook-and-loop fastenings 3, and by a further tape 4 with similar fastenings 3 around the front of the body.
In this way the horse blanket follows and covers all the major deep muscle groups that drive the horse. It is in these muscles that a large amount of heat is built up during extensive exercise or in extremes of temperature or stress. A horse may increase the heat it produces by as much as 50% during intense exercise, as compared with heat production at rest. In response to this, a horse will increase its sweating rate, move blood to the capillaries under the skin and increase its rate of breathing in an effort to release this build up of heat.
Horse blanket 1 is an open weave polyester fibre fabric in which individual fibres are formed with multiple channels on their surface designed to channel moisture away from the skin. Fig. 2 is a schematic illustration of such a fibre 5 showing the channels 6, here four in number, on the surface of the fibre. A suitable fabric made from such fibres is available from the Invista Division of DuPont under the Trademark CoolmaxTM. This material has been used extensively for performance clothing for humans, as it enables air to reach the skin and perspiration to evaporate. I have found that this material is very suitable for my horse blanket as it readily absorbs large quantities of the evaporative liquid disclosed above within the fabric, for example as a result of spraying the horse blanket immediately before use. I have found that this leads to rapid and sustained cooling. The rapid cooling of the muscles allows quicker recovery so that a horse in competition is ready to go again sooner.
The above teachings may be applied, equally well, to an equine neck wrap.
Example: T-shirt
In exactly the same way that a horse blanket for horses made of Goolmax® fabric and impregnated with evaporative liquid provides cooling after exercise, making a T-shirt or similar garment, such as a poio shirt or running vest, from Coolniax® fabric and impregnating the fabric with the evaporative liquid provides rapid and sustained cooling for a human wearer. A T-shirt impregnated with the liquid is schematically illustrated in Fig. 3. The teachings of the present disclosure are thus directly applicable to performance garments for humans and to garments for wear in hot climates. The garment may be sprayed with the liquid from a supply thereof, or be resoaked and kept sealed until required.
The above teachings may be applied, equally well, to other garments for human use, including long or short sleeved shirts or full body suits. Such garments are of particular use by the military or by construction, mining or extraction workers working in regions of high temperature.
Claims (6)
- Claims 1. A garment for wear by a mammal and adapted to provide rapid and sustained cooling, the garment being formed of an artificial fibre formed with channels on the fibre S surface adapted to provide enhanced wicking of fluids, the garment being impregnated with an evaporative liquid comprising water and alcohol.
- 2. A garment according to Claim 1, comprising a T-shirt, a polo shirt, a short or long sleeved shirt, or performance clothing, for example an athletic vest or full body suit, or a wrap to be worn by a human, or a horse-blanket or equine neck wrap to be worn by a horse.
- 3. A garment according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, wherein the evaporative liquid comprises about 20% Ethanol.
- 4. A kit of parts for a garment according to any of Claims 1 to 3, comprising the garment proper, but unimpregnated, and a supply of evaporative liquid for application to the garment before use, the supply being selected from the group comprising a pouch of liquid, a spray can of liquid and a bottle of liquid.
- 5. A garment for wear by a mammal, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as shown in Figs 8 to 10 of the accompanying drawings.
- 6. A kit of parts for a garment for wear by a mammal, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as shown in Figs 8 to 10 of the accompanying drawings.
Applications Claiming Priority (4)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| GB0609141A GB0609141D0 (en) | 2006-05-09 | 2006-05-09 | Horse boots |
| GB0611262A GB0611262D0 (en) | 2006-06-08 | 2006-06-08 | Cool air travel boots |
| GB0615255A GB0615255D0 (en) | 2006-08-01 | 2006-08-01 | Horse cooling rug |
| GB0708817A GB2438067B (en) | 2006-05-09 | 2007-05-08 | Cooling and protecting mammalian bodies |
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